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Lexicon :: Strong's H2940 - ṭaʿam

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טַעַם
Transliteration
ṭaʿam
Pronunciation
tah'-am
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 815a

Strong’s Definitions

טַעַם ṭaʻam, tah'-am; from H2938; properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate:—advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2940 in the following manner: taste (5x), behaviour (2x), advice (1x), understanding (1x), judgment (1x), discretion (1x), reason (1x), decree (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2940 in the following manner: taste (5x), behaviour (2x), advice (1x), understanding (1x), judgment (1x), discretion (1x), reason (1x), decree (1x).

  1. taste, judgment

    1. taste

    2. judgment (fig.)

    3. decision, decree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טַעַם ṭaʻam, tah'-am; from H2938; properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate:—advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
STRONGS H2940: Abbreviations
† טַ֫עַם noun masculineJeremiah 48:11 taste, judgment — ט׳ absolute Job 6:6; Psalm 119:66; טָ֑עַם Proverbs 11:22; Proverbs 26:16; construct טַעַם Numbers 11:8 + 2 times; suffix טַעְמוֺ Exodus 16:31 + 4 times; טַעְמֵךְ 1 Samuel 25:33; —
1. taste of manna Exodus 16:31 (P), Numbers 11:8 (JE), compare Numbers 11:8; in juice of purslain Job 6:6; of Moab under figure of wine Jeremiah 48:11 (|| רֵיחַ).
2. figurative judgement, discretion, discernment, 1 Samuel 25:33; Proverbs 11:22 Job 12:20, so טוּב טַעַם וָדַעַת לַמְּדֵנִי Psalm 119:66; מְשִׁיבֵי ט׳ Proverbs 26:16 those answering discretion, i.e. discreetly: שׁנה טעם change, disguise one's judgement, sense 1 Samuel 21:13; Psalm 34:1, of David feigning madness.
3. (late Aramaism, compare Daniel 3:10 etc.) decision, decree טַעַם מֶלָךְ וּגְּדֹלָיו Jonah 3:7.

See related Aramaic BDB entries H2941, H2942.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:31; 16:31

Numbers

11:8; 11:8; 11:8

1 Samuel

21:13; 25:33; 25:33

Job

6:6; 6:6; 12:20

Psalms

34:1; 119:66; 119:66

Proverbs

11:22; 11:22; 26:16; 26:16

Jeremiah

48:11; 48:11

Daniel

3:10

Jonah

3:7

H2940

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2940 matches the Hebrew טַעַם (ṭaʿam),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:31 -

And the house of Israel named it [fn]manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste H2940 was like wafers with honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people would go about and gather it and grind it [fn]between two millstones or beat it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make cakes with it; and its taste H2940 was as the taste H2940 of [fn]cakes baked with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13 - So he disguised his sanity H2940 in their sight and acted insanely in their hands and scribbled on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down into his beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33 - and blessed be your discernment H2940, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from [fn]bloodshed and from saving myself by my own hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 -

“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,

Or is there any taste H2940 in the slime of a [fn]yolk?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 -

“He removes speech from the faithful

And takes away the discerning taste H2940 of the elders.

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Of David. When he feigned madness before [fn]Abimelech, so that he drove him away and he departed.

Aleph

I will bless Yahweh at all times;

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66 -

Teach me good [fn]discernment H2940 and knowledge,

For I believe in Your commandments.

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As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout

So is a beautiful woman who turns away from [fn]discretion H2940.

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The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes

Than seven men who can respond with a discreet H2940 answer.

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“Moab has been at ease since his youth;

He has also had quiet, like wine on [fn]its dregs,

And he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,

Nor has he gone into exile.

Therefore [fn]he retains his flavor H2940,

And his aroma has not changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - And he cried out and said,

“In Nineveh by the [fn]decree H2940 of the king and his nobles[fn]: Do not let man, [fn]animal, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat, and do not let them drink water.

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